Re: Remember when David Hood asked Dabo about the ole Ball coach

Best part…near the end..

Harley®

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Aug 17, 2021, 7:30 AM

Nice sentiment from Dabo. He said the obvious. South Carolina is not Clemson. Never has been and never will be.

I like it that Dabo was speaking that night at the high point in the history of South Carolina football, and yet he knew where the two programs stood in history and would stand in the future.

The last two years have not been the best ever in Clemson history, but we did go 24-3, play in 2 CFPs, end those years with a final ranking of #2 and #3. And oh yes, we beat South Carolina twice.

In the last six years Clemson has played in the national championship deciding game 4 times and we have won the National Championships twice. In my 70 year life, the only teams to have had a better 6 consecutive years than our most recent run are Alabama, Southern Cal, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Miami. And our run is not over yet.

Since Dabo spoke that night, Clemson is 112-14. South Carolina posted two of their best seasons ever since that night, but we've gone 6-2 over them. Since Spurrier noted that SC is not Clemson, the Gamecocks have gone 60-52, with 22 of those wins coming in 2012 and 2013. Yep, South Carolina is not Clemson.

The Gamecocks are have had 3 different head coaches since Coach Swinney reminded them that they are not Clemson.

Over the long term, the difference in SC and Clemson coaches could not be more different.
SC hired former national champ coaches Paul Dietzel, Lou Holtz, and Steve Spurrier. When it was over for Dietzel, he went back to his favorite school, LSU and died happily an LSU Tiger. Lou Holtz left the Gamecocks and is living out the rest of his life as the Notre Dame ex-Coach he will always be while remaining intent on being buried in South Bend. Steve Spurrier quit the ##### mid-season and has returned to his home school, Florida, where he still works and where he remains the Gator he is. Clemson promoted assistants Frank Howard, Danny Ford and Dabo Swinney to be our head coaches. Frank Howard is buried on Cemetery Hill in Clemson pretty close to his celebrated rock. Danny Ford lives on his farm near Pendleton and can be seen before most Clemson home games tailgating with friends near the NE corner of Death Valley. Dabo is still coaching at Clemson and he's continues to shine as one of the best college coaches in history.

Finally Clemson is ranked as the 29th best public university in the nation. South Carolina is ranked 54th and likes to call itself "The Flagship University" of our state.

As Dabo noted, Coach Spurrier was right. South Carolina is not Clemson. Not by a long shot.

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You said some awesomeness right there Harley!

"Over the long term, the difference in SC and Clemson coaches could not be more different.
SC hired former national champ coaches Paul Dietzel, Lou Holtz, and Steve Spurrier. When it was over for Dietzel, he went back to his favorite school, LSU and died happily an LSU Tiger. Lou Holtz left the Gamecocks and is living out the rest of his life as the Notre Dame ex-Coach he will always be while remaining intent on being buried in South Bend. Steve Spurrier quit the ##### mid-season and has returned to his home school, Florida, where he still works and where he remains the Gator he is. Clemson promoted assistants Frank Howard, Danny Ford and Dabo Swinney to be our head coaches. Frank Howard is buried on Cemetery Hill in Clemson pretty close to his celebrated rock. Danny Ford lives on his farm near Pendleton and can be seen before most Clemson home games tailgating with friends near the NE corner of Death Valley. Dabo is still coaching at Clemson and he's continues to shine as one of the best college coaches in history"

GO TIGERS!

Remember when David Hood asked Dabo about the ole Ball coach